Handle for hand baggage



H. OLSHAN HANDLE FOR HAND BAGGAGE Sept. 22, 1925.

Filed March 17. 1924 INVENTOR RNEY Patented Sept. 22, 1925.

UNITED STATES HARRY OLSHAN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

HANDLE FOR HAND BAGGAGE.

Application filed March 17, 1924. Serial No. 699,647.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY ULSHAN, a citizen of Russia, and a resident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles for Hand Baggage, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved handle for hand-baggage which is designed to provide a substantial handle which is strengthened by the incorporation of a wire in the grip part of the handle the wire having its ends secured in the ends of the handle.

The invention relates particularly to the easy and. rapid securing of the ends of the wire by forcing said ends into the end portions of the handle and at the same time sharply bend said ends so that they are substantially U-shaped. The forcing is done by means of a rivet which not only distorts and then holds the wire but it joins the layers of which the cheaper types of handles are made.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which F igure 1 is a section of one half of a handle made according to my invention. Figure 2 is a top view of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a section on line 33 in Figure 2 and Figure 4; shows a modification.

The handle is of the usual type so far as its shape is concerned, having a curved grip part 10 and end portions 11 which are usually flat and broad so that the handle is secured in the usual way by a broad band or ring forming a keeper (not shown) which is placed around the neck 12.

The wire 13 is inserted to give tensile strength to the handle and is passed over the grip and on the end portions 11 where its ends are secured. This securing is done by a split rivet l t with the split part 15 receiving the end of the wire and which rivet is driven with the end portion 11 of the handle. When so driven it distorts'the end of the wire so that it is U-shaped as at 16 and at the same time embeds it in the material of the handle and it is so held as the ends 17 of the rivet are bent over to hold the rivet in place. This handle is of the cheaper type being made up of laminated sheets 18 of cardboard or the like and the rivet holds the sheets together in the centre, the ends being joined by the stitching 19. The wire relieves the cardboard of most of its longitudinal strain audits ends are anchored and do not come loose unless the rivet is withdrawn as the sharp changes in its shape around the split portion of the rivet bends it in position and the pull on the rivet is longitudinal and the rivet is not worked loose by any direct side pull on it.

The construction can be quickly assembled since the ends of the wire need not be formed before the rivet is driven down on it and is formed and seated by the act of driving the rivet. This enables the use of the wire with its ends straightso that they are simply inserted in. the split part 1'? of each rivet and then the riveting is carried out.

In Figure 4 I show a modificationin which the wire is placed between two of the sheets 18 instead of on the top so that the wire is concealed from view. dles are usually covered by a thin sheet of leather or imitation leather as at 20 which I covers most of the wire when the wire on the outside of the grip part.-

While I have described the embedded part of the wire as being U-shaped it will be understood that the term also embraces such modifications in the shape as would be caused by different forms in which the rivets might bemade.

I claim:

1. A handle for hand-baggage comprising a curved grip and with projecting end portions, a wire extending through the grip and with its ends on the end portions of the handle and a split rivet inserted in each of said end portions and straddling the ends of the wire to force the ends of the wire to be embedded in the material of the handle and to be U-shaped when so embedded.

2. A handle for hand-baggage comprising a grip and projecting end portions formed or" laminated sheets of material, a wire extending along the grip, and a split rivet straddling the end of the wire and driven into the end portion of the handle material together.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 11th day of March, 1924.

HARRY OLSHAN.

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